Soft Robot. 2024 Oct 3. doi: 10.1089/soro.2023.0260. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe unique rigid-flex connection between the fin-rays and fin-surface in a bionic undulatory fin robot endows the fin-surface with both active flexibility and load-bearing capacity, enabling this robot to perform amph
Am J Sports Med. 2024 Oct 3:3635465241280984. doi: 10.1177/03635465241280984. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Injuries of the superficial medial collateral ligament (sMCL) and anteromedial structures of the knee result in excess valgus rotation and external tibial rotation (ER) as well as
Front Public Health. 2024 Sep 18;12:1437272. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1437272. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTAIM: To investigate the cost homogeneity within the Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) "major operation of pancreas and liver, with general complications or comorbidities" (HB13), its cost-influencing f
Front Robot AI. 2024 Sep 18;11:1431826. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1431826. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTThe rapidly increasing capabilities of autonomous mobile robots promise to make them ubiquitous in the coming decade. These robots will continue to enhance efficiency and safety in novel applications su
Front Robot AI. 2024 Sep 18;11:1426269. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1426269. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTHigh agility, maneuverability, and payload capacity, combined with small footprints, make legged robots well-suited for precision agriculture applications. In this study, we introduce a novel bionic hex
Front Robot AI. 2024 Sep 18;11:1415464. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1415464. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTHaptic Augmented Reality (HAR) is a method that actively modulates the perceived haptics of physical objects by presenting additional haptic feedback using a haptic display. However, most of the propose
Cureus. 2024 Sep 2;16(9):e68424. doi: 10.7759/cureus.68424. eCollection 2024 Sep.ABSTRACTThe groundbreaking research conducted by neurophysiologists David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel during the late 1950s and 1960s revolutionized the field of visual neuroscience. Through single-unit recordings in the v
Cureus. 2024 Sep 2;16(9):e68427. doi: 10.7759/cureus.68427. eCollection 2024 Sep.ABSTRACTWe present here the case of a woman in her 40s with a history of an adjustable gastric band placed a decade ago. After the initial procedure, she had issues with a port-site hernia, mesh placement, and explantat
Cureus. 2024 Sep 2;16(9):e68430. doi: 10.7759/cureus.68430. eCollection 2024 Sep.ABSTRACTIntroduction Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent degenerative joint disease that significantly affects quality of life, especially among obese and morbidly obese individuals. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2024 Aug 14;86(10):6198-6202. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000002479. eCollection 2024 Oct.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common primary renal malignancy in patients between the ages of 50 and 70. A rare described variant of RCC is transcr
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2024 Sep 10;86(10):5744-5749. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000002545. eCollection 2024 Oct.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) is one of the most influential surgical advances with widespread clinical and health-economic benefits. West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital
3D Print Addit Manuf. 2024 Jun 18;11(3):954-976. doi: 10.1089/3dp.2023.0127. eCollection 2024 Jun.ABSTRACTSoft robots, inspired by living organisms in nature, are primarily made of soft materials, and can be used to perform delicate tasks due to their high flexibility, such as grasping and locomotio
3D Print Addit Manuf. 2024 Jun 18;11(3):e1209-e1212. doi: 10.1089/3dp.2023.0010. eCollection 2024 Jun.ABSTRACTNumerical modeling of soft matter has the potential to enable exploration of the soft robotic field's next frontier: human/machine cooperative design. However, access to material models suit
3D Print Addit Manuf. 2024 Jun 18;11(3):1008-1015. doi: 10.1089/3dp.2023.0003. eCollection 2024 Jun.ABSTRACTIn this study, NiTi shape memory alloy was prepared by double-wire + arc additive manufacturing plus in situ heat treatment using TA1 and ER-Ni welding wires as the raw materials. The results
Caspian J Intern Med. 2024 Aug 30;15(4):589-600. doi: 10.22088/cjim.15.4.589. eCollection 2024 Fall.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Rehabilitation plays an important role in improving symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). There are studies evaluating the effects of robotic rehabilitation in patient
PNAS Nexus. 2024 Sep 24;3(10):pgae420. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae420. eCollection 2024 Oct.ABSTRACTSafe and socially acceptable interactions with human-driven vehicles are a major challenge in automated driving. A good understanding of the underlying principles of such traffic interactions could he
Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2024 Sep 18;12:1441986. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1441986. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: The incidence of hemiplegia caused by stroke is high. In particular, lower limb dysfunction affects the daily activities of patients, and lower limb robotic devices have been prop
No abstractRev Med Suisse. 2024 Oct 2;20(889):1739-1740. doi: 10.53738/REVMED.2024.20.889.1739.NO ABSTRACTPMID:39359212 | DOI:10.53738/REVMED.2024.20.889.1739
Soft Matter. 2024 Oct 3. doi: 10.1039/d4sm00606b. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTReversible dry adhesion is exploited by lizards and insects in nature, and is of interest to robotics and bio-medicine. In this paper, we use numerical simulation to study how the soft elasticity of liquid crystal elasto
No abstractInnovations (Phila). 2024 Oct 2:15569845241270527. doi: 10.1177/15569845241270527. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:39359101 | DOI:10.1177/15569845241270527
Adv Mater. 2024 Oct 2:e2410661. doi: 10.1002/adma.202410661. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACT4D printing of hydrogels is an emerging technology used to fabricate shape-morphing soft materials that are responsive to external stimuli for use in soft robotics and biomedical applications. Soft materials a
Colorectal Dis. 2024 Oct 2. doi: 10.1111/codi.17193. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIM: The purpose of this Dutch retrospective population-based study was to evaluate how short-term outcomes and inter-hospital variability after right hemicolectomy for colon cancer have evolved between 2012 and 2020.
Plant Methods. 2024 Oct 3;20(1):156. doi: 10.1186/s13007-024-01273-5.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The automation of pest monitoring is highly important for enhancing integrated pest management in practice. In this context, advanced technologies are becoming increasingly explored. Hyperspectral imaging (HSI)
Nat Commun. 2024 Oct 2;15(1):5974. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49939-x.ABSTRACTCommercial wearable biosignal sensing technologies encounter challenges associated with irritation or discomfort caused by unwanted objects in direct contact with the skin, which can discourage the widespread adoption of wear
